Republicans listen to the public

Several letter writers feel that, like it or not, the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and Congress should not repeal it. Some have also criticized the House Republicans for attempting to repeal or modify the ACA by using the budget's continuing resolution process, claiming this is not a budget issue.

The Constitution states that all revenue bills shall originate in the House. However, the Senate Democrats clearly made "Obamacare" a budget issue when they resorted to using the budget reconciliation process to pass it.

In 2010, when Scott Brown was elected to fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, Republicans were able to threaten a filibuster to get some input into the proposed legislation. Democrats shut them out by calling this a "budget issue," thus, cutting off any further debate. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sanctimoniously criticizes the Republicans for "misusing" the budgetary process.

Like it or not, many in the House are listening to the voters and are using "the law of the land" to respond to them.

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Republicans listen to the public

Several letter writers feel that, like it or not, the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and Congress should not repeal it. Some have also criticized the House Republicans for attempting to